"Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice

[@seensay2132]

Spoke nothing but the truth and feared no impact on his career. Legend and a Hero.

[@o.z.p.]

It must feel good hanging out with, and interviewing people like Harry. He did much smiling in his lifetime.

[@mildredmartinez8843]

This beautiful man has moved to eternity. I mourn his loss as if a member of my family had died. Because he was. He gave his talents, his life, his soul to one of the most precious aspirations we humans can aspire to. Justice and human dignity. Life is better because Harry Belafonte made it better. "Daylight come and I want to go home."

[@karenburrows9184]

A fierce, bright and courageous soul has left us; and we are all less. I will miss his voice of reason, and I will miss his voice in song.

[@crazyhandshands9028]

Harry Belafonte, the renowned African-American singer, actor and civil rights activist who died yesterday aged 96, was a friend of socialist Cuba and enjoyed a close relationship with Comandante Fidel Castro.😂😂😂

[@curtrice6060]

In the 50’s, this man inspired me to practice my trumpet, so I may contribute to our school marching band. ❤

[@loveisthekey7]

In the 50s? Wow

[@curtrice6060]

@@loveisthekey7 thanks for the reply.

[@adityatyagi4009]

Wow, nice. Do you still play the trumpet?

[@skibum4cy]

Still waiting for some network to play the clip of Mr. Belafonte taking the entire Democratic Party/Establishment to task right to their faces about 15 years ago...just an absolute thing of beauty & most of the crowd had no idea they were being completely evicerated by his keen intellect & powerful, sincere, & 100% accurate words!

[@DMx4839]

Few will understand the confidence and courage that we, the South African exiles in New York, gained from this inspirational man who got into the trenches with us in the anti-apartheid fight! We had him on a throne, but he remained among the most humble superstars by coming to break bread with us! MHDDSRIP! 🙏🏿😪🙏🏿😪🙏🏿

[@roystonboodoo7525]

I like this Guy, young at heart and constructively rebellious.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

He was a True Hero for Social Justice & Progressive Activism...I'm gonna miss him. ❤

[@jujutsu_panda]

My first concert at 12 at the GREEK theater in Los Angeles in 1968. I was spill bound. He, moon walked,across the stage, before Michael Jackson made it popular.

[@jodywho6696]

I'm so happy he had a chance to voice his opinion about some subjects that are so dear to him and many many others💙💜💚🇺🇸

[@jodywho6696]

He's memory will live on in many hearts💙💜💚🇺🇸

[@danielcaraveo4844]

Total savage. Mad respect.

[@anitaziven9438]

Let's "dust off our old coats & do some ass kickin" ❤

[@patrickesteban9581]

RIP Harry🌹🕊️

[@tonyguillen4705]

Absolutely powerful. Where’s the rebellious heart today in America? It’s surely not beating hard enough. Get it beating like a drum, people.

[@gregorycooper6922]

What a Legend to Black people.

[@gregorycooper6922]

Peace Be apon you. My Brother.

[@lokivato]

I thought he was literally in bed with Chavez?

[@jodywho6696]

@@gregorycooper6922 And a great influence on this freckled woman too💙💜💚🇺🇸

[@Hopperton]

Brother... look at the BLM protests over the past decade and just in 2020 alone. It was met with mass violence and terrorism by the police. The young are rebelling and losing.

[@posadafan2058]

Amy, it looks like you had a long and fruitful history with Harry B. Thank you for this touching and inspiring tribute.

[@geobus3307]

Beautiful!

[@cheri238]

Thank you, Amy, and Team Democracy Now for this honor to Harry Belafonte all these years. Dr. Martin Luther KingJr and his heart with ours are embraced with a sense of social justice and truth. Rip 🙏 Mr. Harry Belafonte .❤ I am crying, may all his family and friends and this country remember him. Keep the music flowing. Condolences to all.❤

[@Alan_Dler]

RIP Harry Belafonte

[@jackiesisk1803]

It's hot where he is

[@augusthome9860]

@@jackiesisk1803 No, the weather is perfect where he is. But you should consider the kind of world you’re creating for yourself because that is the world you will inherit the moment your heart stops beating in this world. Good luck!

[@djnkosi]

My condolences to you, Amy as well as all who knew him personally. I met him once. A towering man who continues to inspire... 🙏🏽🥹💔

[@spookdust]

Powerful Words. From a very great man

[@sharonmedeiros9819]

Wow! His life is so impressive! To do something so important with the time that has been given you is what we all should strive for. And to have lifted the spirits of countless people with his music while he was making the world a better place! He will be well blessed and rewarded for a life well lived. RIP Harry Belafonte.

[@janiekcarney5482]

Excellent.

[@unknowngeek777]

I miss him man…

[@PhetrusX]

"And perhaps the most distracting and perhaps the most important records to take a look at is really the wreckage of the Democratic Party." ~Harry Belafonte, 2008

[@feralLove]

.✊️REST IN POWER U WILL BE MISSED

[@jimhutchinson9817]

One of the great men of my time. Thank you Harry belafonte.

[@leslietaylor9313]

RIP 🙏, God has another high angle.

[@jshroud]

REAL TALK!!🎓💯🎖️ 🎶 Day-o, day-o Daylight come and we want go home 🎶

[@dorothyamos-stribling2255]

"TRUTH" for 2023 Now can we hear Harry Belafonte. Been making sense for a long time.May his voice resonate amongst us until we trailblaze like Harry. What a loss to humankind,RIP My Brother ❤❤❤

[@siriuzbiz]

He wrote one of my favorite movies " Beat Street" 🙏RIP

[@CSGraves]

Produced it, but still... I enjoyed that movie as a kid and had no idea Belafonte had a hand in it. Then again, I've also been ignorant of his activism until very recently as well!

[@LNVillanue]

What an incredibly courageous and gifted human being. If there is a Heaven, he must be resting in the VIP Suite.

[@anhedonic-voting]

Thank you 🌎✊🗽🌹

[@april6662]

Harry Belafonte, what a great, beautiful, wise, talented, selfless, great King!! I love you my brother, thank you 1♥️🙏🏽🙏🏽💎💎

[@anaiis_salles]

LOVE THIS! Thank you so much for this recording.

[@veronicasanacion]

I hope you are in the light, Harry Belafonte!!

[@knowbuddee]

Belafonte knew that Whistle Blowers/Leakers & Truth Speakers are heroes! We must crush corruption with Truth! Have Faith & No Fear! C What U can do!

[@bhmcrumbs1348]

His words are so true!

[@BarakaTpeople]

Right on! Rest in PARADISE HARRY BELLEFONTE ! 💮💮💮💮💮💮⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🍂🍂

[@gotmilk91]

Neo-Cons and Neo-Libs grieve the loss of such a sweet humanly talent but breathe a great sigh of relief - rejoice even - now that Harry Belafonte has gone... ... but not silenced (to their chagrin)

[@wolflg]

players in the game of our own demise

[@eddasimon1427]

RIP🌹and thanks for all did🌹❤️❤️

[@gloriouse4458]

🎬⭐️MAY YOU R.I.P. 🎹🎼 🥀💔💝

[@jackbeagle8458]

RIP Harry, a prophet that will be missed.

[@46riskfyllo46]

R I P

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Rest In Peace Harry Belafonte. (1927-2023)

[@rachelb7068]

This man is a true credit for black people.😊 What an amazing human being...and what an amazing voice. R.I.H❤🙏🏽

[@Maryann720]

I agree with everything Harry Belafonte said! God bless him 🙏🏽 ❤️

[@bmuhamad]

A great memory that lives on & keeps on giving, for human beings. Beyond color coding.

[@linanicolia1363]

He was as beautiful inside as he was outside. What a lovely man ! such a huge loss.

[@kevinliscavage5278]

This interview gives us just a glimpse into the depth of how far this man has infiltrated into the belly of the beast. Many of his greatest accomplishments are unknown and will probably remain unknown .

[@kurnutovsky]

Harry, please tell the liberals to stop clapping and let you get on with it.

[@shirleyandrews1152]

LOVE HARRY‼️. Day-O ❤️

[@ronnieitaquab1008]

Some people I feel deserve to live over 150 years plus and i cant wait for science to help extend life..Hopefully not just for the rich but for those that contribute to humanity

[@user-jz5kj5ld5p]

NOW THATS A HARRY I DID L💕VE🐦 MAY HARRY BELAFONTAE REST IN POWER 🙏🏾💐😘

[@pauljohn-paul4767]

RIP Harry. We love you. ✊🏿👊🏿🖤♥️💛💚

[@danieljackson212]

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[@mathewjohnson9607]

Exactly!! Forex and Bitcoin trading are profitable but with the help of an Expert

[@phillippbeck4376]

I just sold all my Stocks Thinking of switching to either Forex or Bitcoin trading

[@frankhulsen5552]

I tried trading on my own but I lost all my money 😢😢

[@louisalfred4721]

​@@frankhulsen5552 I've been in such situation before and it wasn't an easy one

[@gainesbrian1052]

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[@d.m.5017]

🗽🏙🇺🇸🇯🇲🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏🏽🕊Thank You Sir Harry Belafonte 💙❤🖤💚💛My Cousin & Family, Eternal Respect To You! You Fought The Good Fight Till The End✊🏽

[@carolmcfarlane1177]

So profound. Nothing to add.

[@mamiegraziano9737]

The days that DN dared to stand up against neoliberal privilege and CIA propaganda. Now, that's where it gets it's funding, and relying on it changes what DN is willing to say, sadly.

[@crazyhandshands9028]

Harry Belafonte, the renowned African-American singer, actor and civil rights activist who died yesterday aged 96, was a friend of socialist Cuba and enjoyed a close relationship with Comandante Fidel Castro. The kettle calling the pot black 😂😂😂

[@SandraWalker-xe9no]

Love u Harry ❤️

[@AdvMedic2010]

RIP

[@reneetriplett6416]

why not let the Belafonte Family be.....Jerry Springer was in politics AND Jerrys Family IS receiving respect AND peace.....

[@a.a.7416]

I wonder if you would broadcast someone making the same remarks about Go Brandon?

[@dolorescisneros9765]

Rip

[@jontwatson7001]

Wonderful…….bless you Harry

[@richardlynch1094]

RIP King!

[@msmacmac1000]

The very best of US. Rest in power and love, good sir❤🙏🏼

[@ettieneerasmus3612]

BLM PROTESTS ARE IMPORTANT???

[@jessicachadwick9457]

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE, HERO. FROM BELMARSH!!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@reneetriplett6416]

yall ARE low.....you take the mourning time of the Belafonte Family AND turn it into politics.....your "NOT" getting the "5" votes from here.....R.I.P. Mr. Harold "Harry" Belafonte AND Condolences to ALL who LOVE AND "RESPECT" The Belafonte Family...!!

[@kiwi-eg5ld]

just been listening to his music, a great man who has used his fame to speak out

[@bovinityleak2066]

As a young person…who is this man?

[@augusthome9860]

Put his name in the search engine to find out all about him.

[@cumulusterraticus3446]

To be supported as president depends on the national system and the accepted system depends on historic roots habbits & geographical political evolution within a more or less broad range 🤔 RIGHT OR WRONG ?

[@RYN988]

link to the full 2016 event?

[@karenhousley610]

Jealous ✌❤

[@rebeccaelle135]

Extroidinary.

[@gloriouse4458]

💜👏🏽🎤🎼⭐️✊🏽🩷

[@kosiekoos9408]

Harry B shows that wisdome doesnt come with age and that he is not listening to reason.

[@tanyalake9152]

So many people, who commented, are proof that they aren't mature or wise. Our African ancestors had already put a lot of people to shame.

[@augusthome9860]

I suppose you know better. Well then, tell us what he wasn’t listening to?

[@tanyalake9152]

@@augusthome9860 - Another blatantly ignorant, childish, delusional, "christian/political", self-centered, illiterate, incompetent, projecting, deflecting, obtuse, unrealistic aka brainwashed "adult". Smdfh.

[@tanyalake9152]

@@augusthome9860 - Hey, dummy!!! I've already spoken to certain, actual, sane, atheist/non political, honest, caring, progressive, experienced, adults (besides myself) who already knew/knows the majority of American society is still getting mentally/physically worse in many negative ways!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tanyalake9152]

Harry Belafonte was also Caribbean like myself. The irony is, I used to fall for his "conscious/woke" nonsense, when I was a child in the so-called united states, after I was told he is/was also Caribbean. The majority of people, in my so-called family, are still brainwashed/controlled/dumbed down by colonialism. Examples: "christianity/politics", purposely failed educational system, modern technology.

[@tinka1015]

Dr Charles Stanley passed at age 90 - where is your montage about him

[@derekbilston9290]

👍👍

[@notrueflagshere198]

It's nice that Amy is allowed to talk about dead people.

[@rasat4829]

What did you guys did with the Muslim girl that use to be on your show? you fired her?

[@MyZerimar]

He was a nothing burger 🍔

[@Seekthetruth3000]

He was a rich Marxist.

[@sgiresi]

His harsh criticism and comments against Bush were warranted but he was basically silent about the crimes of Obama's administration and supporting BLM thereby making him in the end an irrelevant political hack.

[@lokivato]

Wasn't he a commie?

[@rogbrogb5341]

Why do you ask? And define "commie".

[@kabiam]

@@rogbrogb5341 Where did they find you....Did they just zap you out of the 50's You better get your "better dead than red" t-shirt before they sell out.

[@BarakaTpeople]

​@@kabiam 😂😂😂

[@tanyalake9152]

I'm Caribbean/West Indian like Harry Belafonte was. However. He was a brainwashed person, in many ways, like so many of you still are. I'm not the only actual, atheist, non political, conscious, caring, sane, honest, mature, experienced, realistic, logical, positive, adult who already knows who and where we huemans came from. Huemanity is still getting worse in many ways and a lot of are still the problems.

[@augusthome9860]

He doesn’t sound like a brainwashed person to me. But I think you could well be.

[@tanyalake9152]

@@augusthome9860 - Hey, dummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've ALREADY MENTIONED, MANY TIMES, ON PREVIOUS "DEMOCRACY NOW" VIDEOS, THAT I WAS BRAINWASHED IN CERTAIN WAYS WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN THE CARIBBEANS AND IN THE SO-CALLED UNITED STATES. When I got to a certain age, in the so-called united states, I ended falling for other false entities!!!!! The irony is, I had already sensed (when I was a child in the Caribbeans), that most people didn't seem okay!!!!!!!! I didn't, exactly, know that brainwashing existed!!!!!!!!!!!!